Unscramble NUCLEOLATE to get 272 words. NUCLEOLATE itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from NUCLEOLATE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 6 with 8, 15 with 7, 47 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Of the 47 6-letter words from NUCLEOLATE, 34 score 8 points, the group's best. LOCATE, LOCALE and LUCENT are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NUCLEOLATE; 36 of them share the top score of 7. LOCAL, CLEAN and COUNT are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble NUCLEOLATE, the top score is 6, reached by 43. CALL, CELL and ONCE are the familiar ones.
19 of 60 3-letter words from NUCLEOLATE tie at 5 points; none scores more. NOT, ALL and CAN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of NUCLEOLATE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with NU · ending in TE · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CLEANOUT, LANCELET, LOCULATE, NUCLEATE, NUCLEOLE and OCELLATE (10 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
NUCLEOLATE is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NUCLEOLATE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 272) | 220 | 272 | 205 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 51 of them: NUCLEOLATE, ELOCUTE, LATENCE, OCULATE, TELECON, CAUTEL, ECONUT, ELANCE, NOCTUA, UNCATE, UNCOLT, ACTON and 39 more. Words With Friends* skips 16 of them: CLEANOUT, CALLOUT, OUTCALL, CALLEE, COLTAN, LEUCON, CENTU, ONCET, TELCO, LOANEE, CAL, ECO and 4 more. Scrabble US skips 1 of them: CUNT.
Each word below uses all the letters of NUCLEOLATE and one more.